Collar button and clasp



T. B. BECKLEY.

COLLAR BUTTON AND CLASP.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1s, 1920.

- 1,421,148. meneame 27,1922.

[NVE/V TOR T echley H TTORN E Y unirse STATES PATENT .oFFlcEQ annoncen Bxnnonrinr, or New onrnens, LOUISIANA.

COLLAR BUTTON AND CLASP.

Specieationof Letterslatent. Patenfdftuneg', 1922 Y Application filed September 18, '1920. SeriaLNo. 411,038.

To @ZZ w/iom't may concern.'

Be it known that l, Tunooornc P. BECK- LEY, a citizen of France, residingfatllcw Orleans,-in the parish of Qrleans andtate of Louisianagfhave invented certain:ne\v= and useful Improvements in a Collarflutton'and Clasp and l do hereby declare thev follow- `ingto bei a full, clear, and exact description hole, the device comprising an inner Zele'- Inent, an outer element or head, a shank, formed in one or more sections, and resilient elements for engaging respectively the col-v lar band, and the "inner and outer` surfaces of the collar. v i

'A' further objecty is to provide 'a device which may be quickly applied, fand detached, without danger of spoiling the appearance of the collar by partly crushing or rurnpling any portion thereof, and. a device which will presenta neat appearance.

A still further object is to provide, in another'forin of the button andclasp,xme'ans for hingedlyor pivotally yconnecting the elements which directly Vengage 'the shirt. band and engage both sides of the collar adjacent tothe ends thereof. l

A still further object is to provide, `in a further "form, aliexfible element, suchas a chain, connected with the detachablehead and with the inner portion ofthe button which engages the inner surface of the shirt band.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel con-- struction, combination and arrangement of elements hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a view in elevation of one form of the device, with parts broken away.

Figure 2 is a view in side elevation, with portions broken away and showing snap fastening devices for securing certain of the elements, mentioned below.

Figure 3 isa view in side elevation of a form showing a shank made in one piece and adapted for .threaded connection with the rotatable head, the elements forming the clasp being pivotally connected.

Figure 1-is a viewofthis construction in front elevation.

Y Figure 5 is similar tov Figure 3, the 'shank in this case being 'formedin two parts-however.

Figure6 isay view in side elevation ofia forrnshowing pivotally connected members, one of which `carries a single shank element, the latter being adapted forball and socket connection with Athel head.

Figure 7. shows a construction siini-larfto that illustrated in Figure 6, except ithat the head: is rotatable and has threaded connection with the shank.

i Figure 8 is a fragmentary view in vertical section, showing 'the device in koperative position and connectedwitlrthe shirt band and collar. Y,

Figure 9 is a side'elevation, illustrating a forni of my invention lin which a chain or similar flexible element connects lthefdetachable head with the base. l

Figure 10-is aside lelevation of` a rotatable fastening head which may be employed.

Figure 11 is a rear viewl of oneffform of base. i

Figure 12 is a rear view of one forni of supporting bar.

Figure 13 is' an elevationof one'form of clasp arm.

lFigure 14 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in section of the clasp arm of Figure 13, and y n Figure 15 is a -side'elevatio Figure 12. n

i Referring especially tothe form shown `in Figure 1, the base or inner element ofthe button is designated 10, being ofelliptical or other suitable form. Connected with the base is an element of resilientniaterial, coinprising two hook portions andI two straight portions, the former being shown atv 12 r.and 13, andy the latter at v141@ and 15. 'Inlthi's form, the shank comprises two sections 16 and 17, and the button head 18 completes the construction.

Theextreme end portion of the hook 12 is rigidly connected with the base 10, and the inner shank section 16 is formed with a rounded end received by the socket 21 in element 111, the parts being normally in contact owing to the resiliency previously mentioned.

The shank section 17 rigidly connected with element 14 is also provided With a 2 1,421 les rounded end received by a socket 22 in the element l5, the shank sections i6 and 17 of course being in alignment. .ln this form the head 18 is permanently secured to the element 15.

In the fragmentary section illustrated in Figure S, it will be observed that the intermediate vertical bar, corresponding with the element lll: in the form above described, is positioned between the shirt band and the inner end element of the collar, when 'the latter is secured in position. The U-element of the device is illustrated in Figure l and elsewhere, permits of the separation of the parts by slight pressure on the fingers, and the parts return to correct position with the ends of the collar engaged, and properly secured to the collar band of the shirt. This general principle of operation applies to all forms of the device.

In the form shown in Figure 2, the only important difference is that the shank, formed in two pieces, connects with the resilient devices by means of snap fastenings, the ball elements 25 and 26 cooperating with the socket portions 27 and 28.

In Figure 3, the base 8O is provided with an offset element 3l having pivotal connection at 32 with a central vertical bar 33 provided with a central slot 34, for receiving the single shank 35 having a notch 36 therein engaging the edge portion of the slot in element The shank is provided with athreaded ond 37 engaged by a head 8S also threaded, internally, for engagement vwith the threads first named.

The bar 33 is pivotally connected at 4() with. a short bar t1 having an apertured end 42 for receiving the grooved portion i3 of the head. The head is thereby permitted to rotate with reference to lthe short arm of the clasp in which it iS mounted, but is not detachable from this arm after having been mounted therein. The operation is apparent, in view of the operation of the form first described. In Figure 5 head a5 is fixed on bar 45.

The form shown in Figure 6 corresponds in essential particulars with the form shown in Figure 3, except that the shanlr f7 is -provided with a rounded element 48 adapted to be received by the socket 4,-9, forming the ordinary snap fastening. The rigidly mounted head is designated 50.

Figure 7 shows the construction of Figure 3, the elements of the button and clasp being in open position.

ln the form shown in Figure 9, the base 5l serves to mount a sh aclr 52 formed with one element 53 of the snap fastening` the cooperating element 54 being carried by the head A flexible element, such as a chain 56 connects the head with the base, the chain assuming the position shown in this figure when the device is in operative position.

Having thus described the invention what l claim is l. A device of the class described having a supporting bar, clasp arms movable relatively thereto disposed on opposite sides thereof, retaining means on one of the arms to extend across the bar, and means to secure the retaining means to the other arm.

A device of the class described having a supporting bar, clasp arms on opposite sides thereof. said bar having a slot, a retaining member extending from one of the arms and removably passable through said slot to bridge the arms, and said member 'having a notch to cooperate with the bar.

3. A device of the class described having a supporting bar, clasp arms on opposite sides thereof. said bar having a slot there in, a stud extending from one of the arms to pass through said slot, said stud having a shoulder to engage the bar, and separable fastening means between the stud and the other arm including a turnable head on the latter arm.

4t. A device of the class described having fastening heads movable away from each other, a connecting means for the heads, and a supporting and fastening means extending from oner head separably from and across the supporting and fastening mea-ns', and a separable connection between the other head and said supporting and fastening means.

ln testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE B. BECKLEY.

lfllitnesses z Offro D. DoNALDsoN, A. Hnvvrrr. 

